Question

In my application i need to check if some network adapter ( that plug in using USB ) is connected.
When this plug in is connected i see the new hardware as network adapter and i need to start to using it –

How can i know in run time is the new hardware is connected ?

P.S: I need to do it using .net framework 2.0

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can enumerate all the network interfaces on your local machine with

System.Net.NetworkInformation.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()

This may give you enough information to determine if the network adapter has been attached.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.networkinformation.networkinterface.getallnetworkinterfaces.aspx